The Music Therapy Association of British Columbia is a non-profit professional organization, whose mandate is to promote excellence in and increase awareness of, music therapy practice, education and development in BC.

The therapeutic effects of music have been known since the beginning of time. Plato said: "music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." Unknown authors have written that "music is what feelings sound like" and that "you can dance anywhere, even if only in your own heart."

We know that music, being common to all cultures, enables people to feel a sense of belonging, to have identity and to creatively express themselves. Music therapists use music and clinical interventions in process-centred ways to garner outcomes that help clients improve, maintain, and restore a state of optimal well-being.